{"product_id":"the-icarus-changeling-9781982193485","title":"The Icarus Changeling","description":"\u003cb\u003eGregory Roarke -- agent for the ultra-secret Icarus Group - has received a new assignment: locate a teleportation portal on a backwater colony world. But what should be a an easy assignment leads to a string of murders, and a race against an alien enemy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGregory Roarke--former bounty hunter, former Trailblazer, current agent for the ultra-secret Icarus Group--has received a new assignment: locate a suspected but as-yet undiscovered teleportation portal on the backwater colony world of Alainn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The rival Patth are also searching for the device, and have considerably more resources at their disposal. Fortunately, Roarke has Selene and her incredibly sensitive Kadolian sense of smell. On paper, it should be a straightforward enough job. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But that was before there was a murder in the small town of Bilswift . . . and another one . . . and the discovery that the Patth are already on the scene and have narrowed the search to a heavily forested area in the hills and mountains east of town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most disturbing of all is the discovery that one of Selene's people, a Kadolian teenaged boy named Tirano, is working at one of Bilswift's fish markets. A boy who may have lost his parents before his proper socialization was completed. A boy who may be connected to both the murders and the Patth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A boy who may be the potentially dangerous wild card that the Kadolians call changelings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Zahn\u003c\/b\u003e is a Hugo Award winner and the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e #1 bestseller, \u003ci\u003eHeir to the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the best-selling Star Wars: Thrawn series of novels. Born in Chicago, he earned a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. He sold his first story to \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978 and immediately attracted attention as a new writer of science fiction based on real, cutting-edge science. Baen published his popular Cobra trilogy in one volume. His other popular series include the Conqueror and Dragonback novels. With David Weber and Thomas Pope, he is the author of novels \u003ci\u003eA Call to Duty, A Call to Arms, A Call to Vengeance, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Call to Insurrection\u003c\/i\u003e. Zahn has written more than 50 novels, including the recent Cobra Rebellion series entries \u003ci\u003eCobra Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCobra Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591591727378,"sku":"9781982193485","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31c11d98-33bb-4c2e-a9d3-7d7913ce4c48.jpg?v=1747813875","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-icarus-changeling-9781982193485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}